Season 14 / Episode 4
Matthew Modine
November 5, 1988 · Musical guest: Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
Running order
The show.
- 01
Drill Sergeant — “Nicknames”
Cold open - 02
Monologue
Monologue - 03
The Republican Party
Pre-tape - 04
The Liberal
Live sketch - 05
Church Chat
Live sketch - 06
"What I Am"
Musical performance - 07
Weekend Update
- At the deskAl Franken: Illustration of the Electoral College
- At the deskA. Whitney Brown: The Big Picture
Weekend Update - 08
Dukakis After Dark
Live sketch - 09
Win, Lose Or Tie
Live sketch - 10
Dukakis
Pre-tape - 11
"Little Miss S"
Musical performance - 12
Two Sammies
Live sketch - 13
Goodnights
Goodnights
Notable moments.
Broadcast note
Segment 1 — Drill Sergeant — “Nicknames”: In reruns, several seconds are replaced with the dress rehearsal version.
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Segment 2 — Monologue: In reruns, Matthew Modine's narration over the movie photos and clip is replaced with the dress rehearsal version, a different photo is used for "The Color Purple", and the subtitles on the photos are removed.
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Segment 4 — The Liberal: The drain pipe scene and the time passage graphics are shortened in reruns.
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Segment 5 — Church Chat: Some of Morton Downey Jr.'s dialogue is replaced with the dress rehearsal version in reruns.
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Segment 5 — Church Chat: Dana Carvey accidentally says "the body, uh, the bible says..." This is fixed in reruns.
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Segment 7 — Weekend Update: A crew member is briefly seen on camera setting up the whiteboard for Al Franken's segment. When Dennis Miller notices the mistake, he ad-libs "TV vérité".
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